Draft Agreement

Written:Written early in September 1900Published:First published in 1940 in the magazineProletarskaya Revolyutsiya, No. 3.

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      Moscow,Volume 4,

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1.In view of the solidarity in fundamental conceptions and the identity
      of practical aims of theSotsial-Demokratgroup abroad and the
      Russian group that publishes the collectionZaryaand the
      newspaperIskra, these two organisations conclude an alliance.

2.The two groups will afford each other all-round support: firstly, in
      regard to literature. The Emancipation of Labour group will collaborate
      closely in editing the collectionZaryaand the newspaperIskra[1];

      secondly, in delivering and distributing literature, in expanding and
      consolidating revolutionary connections, and in obtaining material
      resources.

3.TheSotsial-Demokratgroup and specialIskraagents
      will be the foreign representatives of theIskragroup.

4.Letters and packages from abroad addressed to theIskragroup will be forwarded to the address of theSotsial Demokratgroup. In the event of any member of theIskragroup being
      abroad, all correspondence will be transmitted to him. If at any given
      moment there is no member of theIskragroup abroad, theSotsial-Demokratgroup andIskraagents will take the
      duties upon themselves.

[1]The terms of this collaboration are laid down in a special

      agreement.[2]—Lenin

[2]This “special agreement” was apparently written
      later. The following document is now in the arc hives of the Institute of
      Marxism- Leninism, Central Committee of the C.P.S.U.; it is in an envelope
      bearing the inscription by N. K. Krupskaya: “Documents relating to
      the earliest period. Agreement on the publication ofZaryaandIskra:

“1.The collectionZaryaand the newspaperIskraare published and edited by a group of Russian Social-Democrats, the
      Emancipation of Labour group participating in the editorial work.

“2.All articles on matters of principle and those of special
      significance will be communicated to all members of the Emancipation of
      Labour group, if that is not made impossible by editorial and technical
      circumstances.

“3.The members of the Emancipation of Labour group will vote on all
      editorial questions—personally, if they are present in the place
      where the editorial office is located, and by mail when articles are
      communicated to them.

“4.In the event of differences of opinion between the editors and
      the Emancipation of Labour group, the editors undertake to publish in full
      the special opinion of the group or of each of its members individually.

“5.Only point I of this agreement is to be published.October 6, 1900.”

Thedocument is typewritten, has no heading, and is unsigned.